Oh they just want to boost rating with the hype--promoting public safety is not a concern. You're right about the WaPo weather guys--I just checked them out. Thanks for the tip. NPR's crew is driving me nuts.
And thanks for your thoughts. Brigit had the advantage of a mild winter her first few months in Warwick, and she's had 10 months to scope out safe spots, so I'm trusting she's got them. There are a lot of sheds and foundations with openings I've scoped out there, as well as old cars sitting around which I suspect would be her first choice due to her early conditioning. Being small means a big plastic tub can be the equivalent of having your own condo. (-:
I checked out the storm prep report on Pepco's page and left them an email about my displeasure on their contact page. it won't do any good, but it made me feel better, and it's always good to beat the crowd that will be doing the same after the event. (-; They say they've called in "an additional 2,500 line personnel through mutual assistance groups" and that doesn't sound like much to me and I told them that. And that, as a customer, I want to hear what they're doing to prevent outages instead of them informing us how many outages there will be because continued winds will keep them from fixing lines--you're right they are whiners. Imagine if firefighters said, "Dang, that fire's really raging. We'll wait for it to die down before we do anything . . ." That's pretty much the approach of this area's power companies.
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And thanks for your thoughts. Brigit had the advantage of a mild winter her first few months in Warwick, and she's had 10 months to scope out safe spots, so I'm trusting she's got them. There are a lot of sheds and foundations with openings I've scoped out there, as well as old cars sitting around which I suspect would be her first choice due to her early conditioning. Being small means a big plastic tub can be the equivalent of having your own condo. (-:
I checked out the storm prep report on Pepco's page and left them an email about my displeasure on their contact page. it won't do any good, but it made me feel better, and it's always good to beat the crowd that will be doing the same after the event. (-; They say they've called in "an additional 2,500 line personnel through mutual assistance groups" and that doesn't sound like much to me and I told them that. And that, as a customer, I want to hear what they're doing to prevent outages instead of them informing us how many outages there will be because continued winds will keep them from fixing lines--you're right they are whiners. Imagine if firefighters said, "Dang, that fire's really raging. We'll wait for it to die down before we do anything . . ." That's pretty much the approach of this area's power companies.